How Europe Became the World Champion of Heat Deaths 64%
Quillette - By Maarten Boudry - 6/24/2026, 6:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 41.6% - Negativity Bias 21.2% - Anecdotal 17.9%
Europe Leads World in Heat Deaths Despite Fewer Hot Days The continent with the lowest number of hot days leads the world in heat mortality. Europe’s self-inflicted aversion to air conditioning betrays a deeper hostility to energy and to progress itself. Here is trivia question: which continent suffers the most heat-related deaths per... more